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Photonics Dictionary

internal photoeffect

The effect in which photons are absorbed and excite the electrons; the electrons move from the valence band to the conduction band (intrinsic photoeffect), from the valence band to impurity levels or from the impurity levels to the conduction band (extrinsic photoeffect).
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